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The BMP-1 is a Soviet amphibious tracked infantry fighting vehicle that has been in service from 1966 to the present. BMP stands for Boyevaya Mashina Pyekhoty 1 (Russian: Боевая Машина Пехоты 1; БМП-1 ), meaning "infantry fighting vehicle, 1st serial model". [ 11 ]
The BMP-2 (Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty, Russian: Боевая Машина Пехоты, literally "combat machine/vehicle (of the) infantry") [4] is an amphibious infantry fighting vehicle introduced in the 1980s in the Soviet Union, following on from the BMP-1 of the 1960s.
The BMP series were among the first production line infantry fighting vehicles. Included in the series are the mainline BMPs, the airborne variant BMDs, and licensed modified (i.e. MLI-84) and reverse engineered versions (i.e. Boragh, Type 86). BMP stands for Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty (Russian: Боевая Машина Пехоты), meaning ...
Russian Army BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle in front of a unit of main battle tanks in August 2021, a half year prior to hostilities with Ukraine. ... the BMP-3 is only operated by Russia’s ...
The vehicle has some external differences from the German BMP-1A1 Ost. 350 were purchased. they are sometimes called BMP-1A1GR – Greece transferred 32 vehicles to the New Iraqi army in 2006. [ 3 ] BMP-1A1 Ost – Also exported to Greece, they are equipped with a M2 Browning .50 caliber heavy machine gun and fitted with a modified turret hatch.
The design of the BMP-3 (Obyekt 688M) can be traced back to the Obyekt 685 light tank prototype with an 2A48-1 100 mm gun from 1975. [5]The prototype did not enter series production, but the chassis, with a new engine, was used for the next-generation infantry combat vehicle Obyekt 688 [6] from A. Blagonravov's design bureau.
BMP-2: Infantry fighting vehicle 2,100 [52] Soviet Union: 2,900 BMP-2 and 70+ BMP-2M in service. [114] Russia will upgrade several hundred vehicles. [119] [120] [51] As of 17 July 2024, at least 1,522 (1,325 BMP-2(K), 17 BMP-2D, 37 BMP-2M, 136 BMP-2 675-sb3KDZ and 7 BMP-2M 675-sb3KDZ) have been lost in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. An ...
The 2A28 Grom also known as KBP 2A28 Grom, is the main armament of the Soviet-designed BMP-1 and BMD-1 infantry fighting vehicles. It is a 73 mm low pressure smoothbore semi-automatic gun with a wedge breech block. [1] Development of the 2A28 Grom was directly linked to that of the SPG-9 recoilless gun; both fired projectiles similar to rocket ...